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How Much Does Executive Coaching Cost?
By Maren Perry, MA, PCC, Founder and President; Arden Coaching The cost of executive coaching can vary widely based on several factors: The experience level of the coach: When you’re seeking an executive coach for the leaders in your organization, you want to look...
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Thirteen Behaviors of a High Trust Leader
By Sharon Krohn, M.A., MCC I recently developed and ran a retreat for a dynamic group of women deal makers to help these emerging leaders explore ways leverage their networks, to help build and enhance their businesses. In working with these women, I was reminded...
The 5 Languages of Appreciation — what’s yours?
by Amanda Kathleen Zinke, MBA, MSOD, PCC Motivated by Appreciation A few weeks ago, one of my coaching clients was talking through her current work situation. She was ready for a next role and being very thoughtful about not only where she could add value and make...
How (and Why) to ask Open-ended Questions
By Maren Perry, MA, PCC The ability to ask open-ended questions is one of an Executive Coach’s many skills. We do this in order to draw out our client’s opinions and thoughts. It’s a skill one can develop, and it’s essential to leaders and managers seeking to...
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Be a High-Trust Leader: Three Elements of Trust
Yes, to build a successful business you need a compelling vision, a quality product or service, a marketing plan, access to capital, and more. The glue that holds this universe together however, is trust. Trust is what allows people to work together toward a...
Assertiveness: a Misunderstood Strength
By Nick Tubach, MBA PCC. Being assertive is just an expression of your worth and, in the context of leadership, can help you create a collaborative and inquisitive team dynamic. Uncovering the “what ifs” often lead to positive and sometimes transformational...
Attracting and Keeping the Best Employees
Many companies are working hard to retain and hire talent. Anyone can keep a mediocre employee… they never leave! But HR managers know how difficult it is to attract and hang on to great employees — particularly in the midst of the “great resignation.” A recent...
Making Decisions with Your Toes: How Your “Brain-Body” Helps You Lead
By Katherine Poehnert, MEd Psych, PCC Did you know that your Brain is distributed throughout your body? If you have a body, and move that body in space, and are aware of the signals that body is sending to you, then you know that your behaviors, decisions,...
Having a Crucial Conversation: Then What Happens?
Tonya had a difficult conversation with Alison late last week about the research she’d failed to do for their team marketing project. Tonya had been stressed out, but she felt ready. Employing various aspects of one of Arden Coaching’s favorite books, Crucial...
Facilitate Conversations and Provide Feedback with Advocacy and Inquiry
By Steve Hansen, PCC. There are many different management styles that leaders use to get work done effectively. Two behaviors, if used in appropriate measure, can strongly enhance facilitating conversations and providing feedback — critical skills of an effective...
How Is Your Team Performing? A 5 Point Check-Up
Are you feeling some fatigue from all the stories that urgently and breathlessly write about how the pandemic and remote work are changing EVERYTHING? Some issues become so trendy that the impulse to relate them to every aspect of leadership and organizational...
A Leader Knows How to Give Feedback. True or False?
By Margaret Enloe, JD, PCC. True or false: A Leader Knows How to Give Feedback. The answer is often…false. Yet, giving and seeking good feedback is a critical skill throughout one’s career, especially for a leader who wants to get the best out of themselves and...
The Most Important Element in the Trust Equation
Aaron became the divisional vice president of a technology firm about six months ago. He knew he was taking charge of a hot mess — his predecessor had led poorly, resulting in mediocre performance, low employee morale, and bad feelings all around. Aaron realized...